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κῶμος

κῶμος, a village festival: a revel, carousal, merry-making

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κώμων Noun: masculine genitive plural of κῶμος

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κῶμος, ὁ,
  • revel, carousal, merry-making, εἰς δαῖτα θάλειαν καὶ χορὸν ἱμερόεντα καὶ ἐς φιλοκυδέα κ. h.Merc. 481, cf. Thgn. 829, 940; πίνειν καὶ κώμῳ χρᾶσθαι Hdt. 1.21, cf. E. Alc. 804, etc.; κῶμοι καὶ εὐφροσύναι B. 10.12; δεῖπνα καὶ σὺν αὐλητρίσι κῶμοι Pl. Tht. 173d; ἑορταὶ καὶ κ. Id. R. 573d; ἐν κώμῳ εἶναι, of a city, X. Cyr. 7.5.25; ἔρχεσθαί τισιν ἐπὶ κῶμον Id. Smp. 2.1; ἐπὶ κῶμον βαδίζειν Ar. Pl. 1040; esp. in honour of gods, τοῖς ἐν ἄστει Διονυσίοις ἡ πομπὴ . . καὶ ὁ κ. Lex ap. D. 21.10, cf. IG 2.971, etc.; κώμῳ θυραμάχοις τε πυγμαχίαισι Pratin.Lyr. 1.8; χοροῖς ἢ κώμοις Ὑακίνθου E. Hel. 1469 (lyr.).
      • 2 concrete, band of revellers, κ. εὐίου θεοῦ Id. Ba. 1167 (lyr.); esp. of the procession which celebrated a victor in games, Pi. P. 5.22, etc.: generally, rout, band, κ. Ἐρινύων A. Ag. 1189; of an army, κ. ἀναυλότατος E. Ph. 791 (lyr.); κ. ἀσπιδηφόρος Id. Supp. 390; band of hunters, Id. Hipp. 55; of maidens, Id. Tr. 1184; of doves, Id. Ion 1197.
    • II the ode sung at one of these festive processions, Pi. P. 8.20, 70, O. 4.10, B. 8.103; μελιγαρύων τέκτονες κώμων Pi. N. 3.5, cf. Ar. Th. 104, 988 (both lyr.).

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